A presentation to teach elementary school children how to be safe online. For information on how to have this program presented to your Oklahoma elementary school, please use the contact form.

1. Stay Safe Online
Elementary School Level Program

2. The Oklahoma Security
Operations Center
• Helps keep our state safe
from hackers.
• Watches over the governor
on the Internet.
• Protects the public.

3. Teachers
This is a 21st Century Concern
• Approximately 35 to 40 percent of elementary school
children report being targets of bullying.
• More than 90 percent of children are online by third
grade, and over 20 percent report experiencing
problems with peers online.
• 39 percent of fifth-graders,
and 20 percent of third-graders
have a mobile device.
In-school bullying decreases as children age, however
cyberbullying increases as children get older.
Source: Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center 2011 Survey of Grades 3-12,
Elizabeth K. Englander, Bridgewater State University
39%
20%
Third
grade
Fifth
grade

4. Teachers
There are 21st Century Solutions
“Cool Kids Can Curb Bullying, Study Finds”
– U.S. News & World Report
During one school year, 56 New Jersey middle schools
equipped their most influential students with:
• Conflict-intervention training.
• Social media training (#respect).
• Bullying-awareness gear.
Source: “Changing climates of conflict: A social network experiment in 56 schools,”
Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Hana Shepherd, Peter M. Aronow
30%
• 30 percent reduction in disciplinary
reports of student conflict.

5. Kids: What is “Cyberspace?”
Purpose
Cyberspace is the Internet. We use the Internet in many
ways: to talk to our friends and family, play video games,
download music, watch TV shows and much more. Our
families use the Internet to conduct work and business.
Source: STOP. THINK. CONNECT. Department of Homeland Security
and the National Cyber Security Alliance
For example:
• Netflix.
• Xbox Live gaming console.
• PlayStation network games.
• Video chat with grandma.
• iPad or Android tablets.
• Parents’ or guardians’ phone.

6. Yes! Crimes that happen in real life, such as stealing, also
occur on the Internet.
Just like you have to look both ways before crossing the
street, you have to be careful when using the Internet.
Often, we might not realize that our actions online
might hurt us, our families and even our country.
Learning about the dangers online and taking action to
protect ourselves is the first step in making the Internet
a safer place.
Source: STOP. THINK. CONNECT.
Kids: Do you have to be careful?

7. Choose a “superhero” screen name and email address
NO: natasha.romanova or tony.stark.
Do not use your real name.
YES: black.widow937 or iron.man4812.
Nothing that includes your city, school or age.
Don’t talk to strangers
Don't communicate with strangers online and never agree to
meet in person. Tell a parent, teacher or an adult you trust if a
stranger contacts you in a chat room, through email or via text
messaging. Treat everyone like the work for HYDRA!
Source: STOP. THINK. CONNECT.
Kids: How can I be safe?

8. ASK YOUR PARENTS:
Before you share personal information.
To help you join clubs or enter contests.
Trying to get something for “free.”
Cell phone
Concert tickets
Anytime you want to share your personal information for any
reason, unless your parents say it's OK. Your name, address, age,
phone number, birthday, email address, where you go to school
and other facts about you are personal and shouldn’t be shared
without checking first.
Source: STOP. THINK. CONNECT.
Kids: Keep your real
identity safe!

9. I promise:
1. I will tell my parent or guardian if anything makes me feel sad,
scared, confused or uncomfortable.
2. I will ask my parent or guardian before posting photos, going into
a chat room or sharing information like my name, address, current
locations, phone number or any adult’s credit card number.
3. I will never meet anyone in real life that I meet in cyberspace.
4. I will always be good in cyberspace and not be rude or mean
online.
5. I will go home tonight, pick my superhero name, share it with my
family and keep it secret from then on!
Sources: National Crime Prevention Council, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Boy Scouts of America
Kids: Join my team!